Altachullion Upper () is a

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...

in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

Templeport Templeport () is a civil parish in the barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The chief towns in the parish are Bawnboy and Ballymagauran. The large Roman Catholic parish of Templeport containing 42,172 statute acres was split up in the 18t ...

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of

Corlough Corlough () is a Roman Catholic parish situated in the Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. It derives its name from Corlough townland, in which the parish church is situate. It formed part of the larger parish of Templeport until 1877 ...

and barony of Tullyhaw. A sub-division is called ''The Tebente'' - a name given to a field which in 1938 was the property of Mrs McGoldrick.

Geography

Altachullion Upper is bounded on the north by

Altachullion Lower Altachullion Lower () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Altachullion Lower is bounded on the north by Altbrean townlan ...

townland, on the south by

Altateskin Altateskin () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. The local pronunciation is ''Awelta a chaskin''. Geography Altateskin is bounded ...

townland, on the west by

Legnaderk Legnaderk (an anglicisation of the Gaelic, either ‘Lag na Deirce’, meaning ''The Hollow of the Cave'' or 'Lag na Dearg', meaning ''The Hollow of the Blood'' or 'Lag nÁtha Dheirg', meaning ''The Hollow of the Red Ford'') is a townland in the ...

and

Altnadarragh Altnadarragh () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Altnadarragh is bounded on the west by Bellavally Upper townland, on the ...

townlands and on the east by

Altinure Altinure () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Altinure is bounded on the north by Altbrean townland, on the west by Altac ...

Tullyloughfin Tullyloughfin () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Tullyloughfin is bounded on the north by Altachullion Upper townland, on ...

and

Tullynamoltra Tullynamoltra () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. The local pronunciation is Tullynamoiltra. Geography Tullynamoltra is bounded on t ...

townlands. Its chief geographical features are mountain streams, gravel pits, springs and dug wells. Altachullion Upper is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 271 statute acres,.

History

In earlier times the townland was probably uninhabited as it consists mainly of bog and poor clay soils. It was not seized by the English during the Plantation of Ulster in 1610, nor in the Cromwellian Settlement of the 1660s; so some dispossessed Irish families moved there and began to clear and farm the land. The earliest reference to the townland is on a map dated 1813 where it is called "Altaghullen". In the 19th century the landlord was Lord John Beresford, the Protestant Archbishop of Armagh. The muddled previous land history of the area is described in the 1838 Exchequer case, "''Attorney General of Ireland v The Lord Primate''". The maps used in the case are viewable online a

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list twelve tithepayers in the townland. The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland: ''It is bounded on the north side by a large stream which rises in the mountain and runs towards the southeast. ...a flax kiln''. The Altachullion Upper Valuation Office Field books are available for August 1839.

Griffith's Valuation Griffith's Valuation was a boundary and land valuation survey of Ireland completed in 1868. Griffith's background Richard John Griffith started to value land in Scotland, where he spent two years in 1806-1807 valuing terrain through the examinati ...

of 1857 lists seven landholders in the townland.- Griffith's Valuation
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Antiquities

The only structure of historical interest in the townland is # A footbridge over the stream

References

External links

The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{County Cavan Townlands of County Cavan